Wyong Racecourse: The Best Horse Racing Action in New South Wales!

Wyong Racecourse is a horse racecourse in New South Wales, Australia. Wyong Racecourse typically holds about 20 race meetings each year from April to November. Wyong Racecourse is the host of the $100,000 Wyong Cup which is run at 2,100 metres. The racecourse is also home to the Wyong Cup Carnival, a two-day racing extravaganza featuring the best horses. It also hosts the Magic Millions Carnival late in the year.

Wyong Racecourse Description

• Wyong Racecourse boasts of a racecourse with a straight measuring 275 metres and a circumference of 1,791 metres.

• Wyong Racecourse surface is heavy loam.

• Wyong Racecourse has an unusual shape with a long straight run from the 1,350-metre chute. There is a ½ metre rise into the straight.

• Races are run at a clockwise direction at Wyong Racecourse.

• Wyong Racecourse has a 3-level airconditioned Members stand, a public Grandstand and an undercover betting ring.

Wyong Racecourse History

• In 1875, the first racecourse in Wyong was constructed. It was the same year the Melbourne Cup was first run on a Tuesday. It was located in a paddock south of Woodbury's Inn in West Wyong.

• In 1898, the first Annual Meeting of the Wyong Jockey Club was held at the new racecourse near the lake at Tuggerah. This meet was the precursor for the present-day Cup Carnival.

• In 1911, Bill Smith built a new racecourse north of the original due to the fact that the Tuggerah course could not be used in wet weather due to constant flooding from the lake.

• In 1912, the first racecourse in Wyong Township was built by George Goldsmith, the district's leading saw miller. Built on a site containing the present Wyong racecourse, the track was based on sawdust from the mill and was lightning fast. Owners and trainers considered the track to be damaging to the gallopers. The course was closed during World War Two and re-opened on 14th September 1946.

• In 1955, the racecourse was again closed for a short period whilst a new grandstand was built at a cost of twenty-two thousand pounds.

• That stand was later demolished and replaced by the Paul Levick Stand on 25th August 1991 at a cost of six million dollars, including all amenities". The new stand is now regarded as the best function centre in the district.